Scouring implement



June 10, 1930. D. J. MAYER SCOURING IMPLEMENT Filed July 24, 1928 '2Sheets-Sheet l v INVENTOR D/W/EL d MAYER I BY 7 'ATI'ORNEY June 10,1930. MAYER 1,762,182

' SCOURING IMPLEMENT Filed July 24, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORDAN/EL J /7/7 747? y 1 DANIEL J. mvnn, or BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY,ASSIG-NOR 'ro METAL 'rnizrmn con disintegrating,

Patented Julie 10, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PORATION, OF WESTORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF RCElIOIDE ISLAND SCOURIN'GIMPLEMENT I i Application filed July 24,

This invention relates. to an improvedconstruction of scouring device inthe form of a hand implement which is especially adapted to provide amild abradant for scraping, cleaning and polishing the surfaces ofutensils and other surfaces desired to be so treated.

H The invention has for its principal object to provide a novelconstruction of device adapted to furnish an abrasive mass made ofmetallic wire or a composite of metallic wire and vegetable yarn sofabricated as to furnish a multiplicity of closely associated abrasive"members or elements rigidly se cured at their inner ends to an interiorcore and radiating therefrom, to thereby produce the desired shapeeffectively retained against shredding, pulling out,

' sloughing off, and against other permanent deformation from itsdesired more or less compact initial shape; the device so made isreadily conformable-by pressure, however, to the surface to which it maybe applied in use, while at the same time it provides a greatmultiplicity of scraping edges adapted for operative contact with suchsurface when pressed against and rubbed over the same.

The invention has for a further object to provide an interior bindingand carrying core for the abrasive material which may be extended toform or receive the attachment of a suitable handle member.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is'a perspective view illustrating a step in thefabrication of the novel scouring device of this invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view illustrating another step in the fabrication ofthe scouring device;

Figure 3 is a plan view illustrating still another step in thefabrication ofthe scouring device'. I

igure 4 is a sectional view of the structure shown in Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a plan view illustrating certain features of thefievice;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the complete 1928. Serial No. 295,105.

novel scouring device made according to this 111V6I1t10n V Figure 7 is aside view of the scouring device; and

Figure 8 is a plan view illustrating a variation in the method ofassembling the device.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the above describedviews, to indicate corresponding parts.

In order to more'clearly illustrate the essentialcharacteristics of thefinished article embodying the construction and principles of theinstant invention, there is shown in the drawings, in somewhatdiagrammatic fashion, certain steps, by which the article maybeproduced. The article is essentially made of metallic material,preferably in the form of flat ribbon-like wire or wire of angular crosssectional shape which is turned or twisted upon itself to provide aroughly spirally convolved strand or otherwlse deformed to provide amultiplicity of lateral, scraping edge projections or points; ,or thestrand or length of material may consist in a flexible carrying core ofstraight wire or vegetable yarn upon which is earned the spirallyconvolved or gimped flat metallic wire or wire of angularcross-sectional shape adapted to provide a multiplicity of lateralscraping edge projections or points, as shown, e. g. in Figu metallicmaterial employed is of a relatively non-corrosive character; forexample copper may be used, both for its relatively non-corrosivecharacter as well as for its comparatively hard nature, whereby itsscraping or abrading functions arerendered more efiiv cient. 1

re 1. Preferably the In making up or assembling any of the forms ofmetallic material above mentioned to fabricate the same into the novelconstruction embodying the scouring device ac--.

cording to the principles of this invention, a supporting bar 1isvutilized and a suitable length of the metallic material is wound in amultiplicity of adjacent loops 2 along the len h of this bar. Each ofthe loops 2 has one of its bights 3 extending around and inengagementwith substantiallypne half of the circumference of the bar 1while its other bight 4 hangs freely. The bar '1 supporting the loop 2is then bent upon itself, as illustrated in Fig. 2, to form a U-shapedmember having the loops 2 extending along both legs 5 and 6 and alongthe bottom of the U of this member. This causes the bights 3 of theloops 2 that extend along one of the legs of the U-shaped member to bebrought into abutting relation with the similar bights of the loops 2extending along the other leg of the U-shaped member. The bottom of theU is then held stationary by a suitable clamping device and the free 7member and causes the legs to be .twisted tightly uponone another asillustrated in Figure 3.. The bights 3 of the loops 2 are I securelygripped between the twisted legs of the U-shaped member and, owing tothe large angle of wrap of these bights about the legs 5 and 6, suchbights cannot be pulled from between the legs 5 and 6. A

portion of the member formed by the twisting of legs 5 and 6 is thenbent into substantially circular form as illustrated in Fig. 5 toprovide a core 8 having a shank 10.

- It will be noted from an inspection of Fig.

5 that the loops 2 at one side of the core 8 are entirely inde endentfrom and are not continuations o loops on the opposite side of the core.This is important for there is no possibility of a side of a looppulling through from one side of the core 8 to the other side thereof.Also, since the loops 2 on opposite sides of. the core 8 areindependent, should the loops on one sidewear and become broken oil atthe core, such wearing will not afi'ect thestrength or wearin qualitiesof the loops on the opposite si e of the core 8 This would not be truewere the loops on opposite sides of the core but continuations ofoneanother for in that case, since the angle of wrap of such loops uponthe legs 5 and 6 would be slight, there would be nothing to revent theloose woven ends from-pulling t rough-in practice and causing the usefulloops on the opposite side of the core to drop out, thereby shorteningthe hfe ofbthe scouring device considerably.

The shank 10 is'adapted to be extended itself to provide a hand emember, or it may be inserted into and frictionally retained within arecess-in a separzg: handle 11. If

desired, the shank 10 ma assed throu h the loop 7, as illustrate in ig.8, there y being looped upon a supporting member or bar 1 to provide aplurality of loops, each of said loops having one of its bights wrappedsubstantially 180 degrees around the bar 1 and its other bight free;said bar being bent upon itself and twisted to thereby pinch and rigidlysecure the inner wrapped bights of the loops to the bent and twistedbar, whereupon the bar is bent to form a core having a shank forinsertion into a handle. The loops radiate outwardl from this core andas these loops are- 0 substantially equal length, the resultantarticle'will preferably possess an ellipsoidal contour, and .yet, sincethe bi hts 4 are free, a very pliable and con formalile mass is providedwhich retains its shape in use without tendency to shredding, sloughing,and without tendency to become attenuated or lose its generallyellipsoidal conformation- At the same time, the body so formed andconstructed readil flattens itself against a surface to which it 15applied and over which it is rubbed; a multiplicity of the scraping edgeprojections 12 acting to efliciently attack the surface so as to quicklyremove dirt, en'erustations, grease or the like therefrom b thecleansing or scouring abrasion thus a orded.

A very advantageous form of the novel scourin device structure isvproduced when:

made 0 material such as shown in the draw ing wherein a carrying strandor core 13 of flexible wire or of vegetable yarn is provided with agimping of preferably flat metallic wire to form a multiplicity of:

lateral scraping edge projections 12. The strand or core 13\ serves toretain the radiating loops '2 against unduestretching or elongation.

From the above description it will be apparent that a unique and yetvery eflicient scouring device is provided, which is easy to handle andreadily functions to conform itself to a surface upon which it isrubbed;

.and furthermore the novel retained relationestablished between thecarrying core, and the abrasivqstrandsassures that the article willwithstandtherough usage which is inherent in the purposes it is intendedto serve, without risk of undue deformation, apart or similardisplacement of the abrasive strands of which it is com osed.

fAs many changes coul be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely diflerent embodiments of this invention could be made.without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is: 1. A device of the kind described comprising, asupporting member, pliable metallic material spirally looped upon saidsupporting member, the loops of said metallic mateplurality of loopsextending radially in all rial so formed having their inner bightsendirections from said core. gaging substantially one-half the perimeterIn testimony that I claim the invention set of said supporting member,said supporting forth above I have hereunto set my hand this memberbeing bent upon itself and tightly 23rd day of July, 1928.

twisted to thereby rigidly retain the loops of DANIEL J. MAYER. saidmetallic material between consecutive convolutions of said twistedsupporting member.

2. A device of the kind described comprising, a supporting member havinga pair of Wire strands, and flexible metallic material formed along itslength with a multiplicity of lateral scraping projections, said materalbeing continuously looped upon said wire strands, the inner bights ofsaid loops engaging said strands, and said wire strands being twistedtogether forming overlapping spiral convolutions to thereby pinch theinner bights of said loops between said convolutions to rigidly securethe same to said supporting member against displacement relativethereto.

3. A device of the kind described comprising, a supporting member havinga pair of Wire strands and a connecting portion joining said strands,and metallic flexible material formed along its length with amultiplicity of lateral scraping edge projections, said material beingwound along said wire strands and along the connecting portion thereofin a multiplicity of adjacent loops, one bight of each of said loopsextending around substantially one half the periphery of one of saidWire strands and the opposite end portions of said loops being free,said wire strands being twisted together to slicetively retain the saidbights of said loops against displacement.

4. A device of the kind described comprising, a supporting 'memberhaving wire strands twisted together with a connecting portion joiningsaid strands, a flexible carrying strand, a gimping of metallic materialcarried on said strand to provide a multiplicity of lateral scrapingprojections, said metallic gimped carrying strand being wound along saidWire strands and said con necting portion in a multiplicity of adjacentloops, each of said loops having its inner bight extending betweenadjacent overlying convolutions said Wire strands and securely grippedthereby.

5. A device of the kind described comprising, a substantially annularcore consisting of supporting members twisted together, a flexiblecarrying strand, metallic wire of angular cross section gimped upon saidstrand to provide a multiplicity of lateral scraping edges, said gimpedstrand being looped successively around each of said supporting membersso as to engage s'ubstantially one-half the perimeter of said membersand being securely gripped between said members, said gimped strandforming a

